Reference News Network, September 10 - According to AFP, September 8, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily lifted a ban on immigration enforcement actions by the Trump administration in Los Angeles, which was originally intended to prevent racial profiling.
The head of the Trump administration's deportation policy welcomed this, calling it a "excellent ruling" from the majority conservative Supreme Court.
Tom Homan, the U.S. border affairs chief, told the media: "We never use racial profiling."
This ruling, which may have nationwide implications, was strongly condemned by California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat. The Democrat angrily stated that it would allow "racial terror actions to run rampant in Los Angeles." In a statement, he condemned the ruling as giving the green light for "targeted arrests of Latinos."
In early June, Latino residents in Los Angeles felt they were targets of unfair crackdowns when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted frequent raids in the city. Despite Governor Newsom's opposition, Trump deployed thousands of soldiers to the area to deal with the protests. Many criticized the ICE officers' masked raids on the streets as racial profiling.
With the support of several civil organizations, three immigrants arrested at bus stops and two Latino Americans questioned by ICE officers filed a lawsuit. In July, a federal judge supported their argument and temporarily prohibited arrests based on ethnicity, accent, occupation, and other factors in the region.
However, the Supreme Court on August 8 overturned the restrictions on ICE enforcement with a vote of 6 to 3. The Supreme Court did not explain its reasoning in the ruling, but Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a conservative justice, emphasized in his opinion that "the issue of illegal immigrants is particularly prominent in the Los Angeles area," where an estimated 10% of the population are undocumented residents. (Translation/Pan Geping)
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